Button-fastener



(No Model.)

0. F. HARLAN.

BUTTON PASTENER.

Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

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CHARLES F. HARLAN, OF. OTTUMIVA, IOWA.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,644, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed April 6, 1885. Serial No. 161,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HARLAN, of Ottumwa, in the county of l/Vapello and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Button-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a wire device for attaching eye or other buttons to garments.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new button-fastener having button attached. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fastener as it appears when applied for use, the button being removed to show the form of the fastener. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line 0c 00 of Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively top and bottom views, showing a modification; and Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are plan views of different modification of the fastener.

A represents my new button-fastener, formed of wire, with the eye a to receive the eye of the button 20, as shown in Fig. 1; and'B represents a piece of fabric or garment to which the fastener A may be attached for holding.

the button to the fabric without stitching. The fastener is composed of a single piece of wire.

In the form of fastener shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the fastener is formed by first bending the wire to form the semicircle b, Figs. 1 and 4, then to form theloop 0, then the'semicircle I), opposite to I). Then the wire is folded 'upon itself at d and bent to form semicircle c,

then crossed in the center at f and turned to form the above-mentioned eye a. Then,finally, the wire is bent to form the semicircle e,opposite to e, the end or point 9 of the wire being bent outward to pass throughthe loop 0 at the upper surface of the goods, as in Figs. 2 and 4, the other end, 9, oft-he wire being adapted to be passed through the fold cl at the under surface of the goods, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 3.

In applying the form of fastener shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, just described, the eye of the button to be attached is first passed over the end 9 of the fastener and worked along into the eye a. The end 9 of the wire is then passed through the goods from the outer surface thereof. The fastener is then turned one-half around and the end g passed up and then down through the goods to expose the loop 0 at the outer surface of the goods. Then the fastener is given another half-revolution and the said end 9 passed through the fold d, as shown in Fig. 3, at the under surface of the goods. Then, finally, the end 9 will be passed through the loop 0 at the upper surface of the goods, as shown in Fig. 2, which completes the attachment of the button and fastener.

In the form of fastener shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the fastener is made in all respects like that shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, except that the end 9 of the wire is passed through or linked with the fold f, formed by the curve eand central cross-piece, f, as shown in Fig. 5, and the fold d is linked with the foldf formed by the curve 6 and cross-piece f.

In the form of button shown in Fig. 7 the part below the cloth B is like that shown in Fig. 6. Above the cloth the wire is bent to form a complete ring, h, is then passed through the fold i and bent across the diameter of the ring and turned to form the eye a, and the end of the wire passed through the loop a, as shown.

In the forms shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the part under the cloth is like that shown in Fig. 6; but upon the outer surface the wire is bent into many coils, j, as shown, to form a solid plate.

Constructed as described, the fastener is cheap, easily applied, and the button may be detached when desired, and it forms a perfectly secure and very durable fastening for the button to the garment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a button-fastener made of wire bent to form an eye, a, and rings above and below the cloth, and loops or folds c d, to receive the extremities of the Wire, substantially as deeach other and on opposite sides of the cloth scribed. to which the fastener is applied, substantially 2. An improved button-fastener consisting as shown and described. 7 of a single piece of Wire bent to form a cen- CHAS. F. HARLAN. 5 tral eye, a, semicircles e e b b, and loops or Witnesses:

folds c d for the reception ofthe ends of the JULIAN HARLAN, wire, the said loops or folds being opposite O. E. BEDWELL. 

